American actor regarded as among the most influential of the twentieth century, two-time Academy Award winner whose method work reshaped screen acting.
Background
Born Marlon Brando Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska, he moved to New York to study with Stella Adler, an exponent of the Stanislavski system, before joining the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan.
Career
He played Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” then won his first Oscar for Kazan’s “On the Waterfront.” He played Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” and Colonel Walter Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now,” and declined his second Oscar in protest of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans.
Style
Brando’s mumbled, naturalistic delivery and willingness to break stage conventions are widely credited with reshaping mid-century American film acting.
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